GTA 6 Countdown

GTA 6 dates in the United States

Every confirmed Grand Theft Auto VI date, converted to local time in the United States. Daylight saving is resolved per date, so the August rows and the November rows can sit on different offsets.

The pre-load opens at midnight local time, so every row below gets its own midnight on November 12. By then the whole country is back on standard time, which is why Arizona lines up with the rest of Mountain time again — in August it sat an hour apart. The Extended Look times are kept for the record; Eastern was the zone Rockstar announced them in.

New YorkEastern

Still to come

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Pre-loadMidnight local timeThursday, 12 November 2026UTC-5
Game launchNo time announcedWednesday, 18 November 2026UTC-5
Vintage Pack cutoffNo time announcedThursday, 19 November 2026UTC-5

Already happened

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Netflix premiere15:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-4
Free on YouTube21:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-4

ChicagoCentral

Still to come

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Pre-loadMidnight local timeThursday, 12 November 2026UTC-6
Game launchNo time announcedWednesday, 18 November 2026UTC-6
Vintage Pack cutoffNo time announcedThursday, 19 November 2026UTC-6

Already happened

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Netflix premiere14:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-5
Free on YouTube20:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-5

DenverMountain

Still to come

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Pre-loadMidnight local timeThursday, 12 November 2026UTC-7
Game launchNo time announcedWednesday, 18 November 2026UTC-7
Vintage Pack cutoffNo time announcedThursday, 19 November 2026UTC-7

Already happened

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Netflix premiere13:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-6
Free on YouTube19:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-6

PhoenixArizona (no DST)

Still to come

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Pre-loadMidnight local timeThursday, 12 November 2026UTC-7
Game launchNo time announcedWednesday, 18 November 2026UTC-7
Vintage Pack cutoffNo time announcedThursday, 19 November 2026UTC-7

Already happened

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Netflix premiere12:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-7
Free on YouTube18:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-7

Los AngelesPacific

Still to come

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Pre-loadMidnight local timeThursday, 12 November 2026UTC-8
Game launchNo time announcedWednesday, 18 November 2026UTC-8
Vintage Pack cutoffNo time announcedThursday, 19 November 2026UTC-8

Already happened

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Netflix premiere12:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-7
Free on YouTube18:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-7

AnchorageAlaska

Still to come

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Pre-loadMidnight local timeThursday, 12 November 2026UTC-9
Game launchNo time announcedWednesday, 18 November 2026UTC-9
Vintage Pack cutoffNo time announcedThursday, 19 November 2026UTC-9

Already happened

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Netflix premiere11:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-8
Free on YouTube17:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-8

HonoluluHawaii

Still to come

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Pre-loadMidnight local timeThursday, 12 November 2026UTC-10
Game launchNo time announcedWednesday, 18 November 2026UTC-10
Vintage Pack cutoffNo time announcedThursday, 19 November 2026UTC-10

Already happened

EventLocal timeLocal dateUTC offset
Netflix premiere9:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-10
Free on YouTube15:00Thursday, 27 August 2026UTC-10

Watch the Extended Look

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look — It is free on the Rockstar Games YouTube channel and on rockstargames.com. YouTube age-restricts it, so it plays there rather than inside other sites.

Netflix subscribers can also watch it there.

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